Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, has dissociated itself from a supposed report from a survey circulating on social media which ranked Ghana\u2019s presidents since independence.<\/p>\n
A statement from IMANI Ghana signed by its President, Franklin Cudjoe, said it\u00a0should not be linked to the report since they are \u201cnot responsible for the said ranking and any other surveys\/studies in connection with this poll.\u201d<\/p>\n
A report being circulated on social media on good governance among heads of governments in Ghana since independence, ranked the various presidents as follows: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, John Dramani Mahama, J.J. Rawlings, John A. Kufuor, Dr. Hilla Limann, John Evans Atta Mills, E. Akuffo- Addo in order of their performance in good governance \u2013 from the highest to the lowest.<\/p>\n
IMANI Ghana described the report linked to them as a \u201cdisappointing intellectual exercise on our credibility and integrity as a globally respected think tank.\u201d<\/p>\n
Below is the full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n Supposed \u201cImani Ghana ranking of good governance in Ghana heads of government since independence\u201d<\/p>\n Our attention has been to a supposed \u201cImani Ghana ranking of good governance in Ghana heads of government since independence\u201d relating to the performance of all the Heads of State of Ghana in terms of Good Governance, since the country\u2019s accession to Independence in 1957, which appears to be circulating on various social media platforms; Facebook and Whatsapp in particular.<\/p>\n We would not have ordinarily issued this statement except for the palpable implications of this rather disappointing intellectual exercise on our credibility and integrity as a globally respected think tank.<\/p>\n The said exercise \u2013 details presented below, ranked the following; Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, John Dramani Mahama, J.J. Rawlings, John A. Kufuor, Dr. Hilla Limann, John Evans Atta Mills, E. Akuffo- Addo in order of their performance in terms of good governance \u2013 from the highest to the lowest.<\/p>\n The Supposed IMANI Ranking<\/p>\n IMANI GHANA RANKING OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN GHANA HEADS OF GOVERNMENT SINCE INDEPENDENCE; We wish to categorically state that Imani Centre for Policy and Education is not responsible for the said ranking and any other surveys \/ studies in connection with this poll. We have not commissioned any such task, and certainly not commissioned anybody \u2013 individual or entity, to undertake such a study on our behalf.<\/p>\n All reports, surveys, policy papers, briefs, rankings and the totality of our work at any point in time can be assessed at www.imanighana.org which has since December 2015 been migrated to www.imaniafrica.org.<\/p>\n Needless to say, the spirit of this porous exercise does not in any way echo our philosophy.<\/p>\n We wish to emphatically state that the ranking referred to herein is not our work and we do not assume responsibility of its content.<\/p>\n We humbly call on our partners, stakeholders and all other sympathizers to discard any of such information.<\/p>\n Signed<\/p>\n Franklin Cudjoe<\/p>\n President, IMANI<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
\n(1) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah 87%
\n(2) John Dramani Mahama 83.1%
\n(3) J.J. Rawlings 76.4%
\n(4) John A. Kufuor 73.8%
\n(5) Dr. Hilla Limann 68%
\n(6) John Evans Atta Mills 65.3%
\n(7) E. Akuffo- Addo
\nYou can visit www.imani ghana . com<\/p>\n